The Orbea road bike, a guarantee of strength and lightness:
Orbea, with its headquarters in the Basque Country, Spain, more precisely in Mallabia, was founded back in 1840 and is part of the Mondragón Cooperative Corporation. Mondragón Cooperative Corporation is the largest bicycle manufacturer in Spain, and many of the bikes continue to be assembled in Mallabia, while the other models are manufactured in Portugal and the framesets in China. Orbea was founded in the village of Eibar, located in the Basque Country, in 1840 by brothers Juan Manuel, Mateo, and Casimiro Orbea. Originally started as an arms manufacturer, they abandoned this business around 1930 and began to design and produce bicycles under the name Orbea Bicycles. Orbea became involved in cycling at an early stage and in 1934 took part in the Tour de France for the first time, with the famous Spaniard Mariano Cañardo as the face of the Orbea racing bike team. In 1969, under difficult financial circumstances, Orbea's employees formed a cooperative and acquired the company from the Orbea family. The newly formed Orbea cooperative then left Eibar, but remained in the Basque Country and settled in Mallabia, where the first factory for bicycles was built. In the years that followed, the main focus was on leisure bikes for consumers in Spain and Europe. It was not until the 1980s that the company decided to focus more on racing bikes and cycling, and again took part in the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España. The first mountain bikes were produced in 1989. In addition, the company was involved in Euskadi, which existed from 2005 to 2014 and served as a training team for Euskatel-Euskadi, the unofficial national team of the Basque Country.
In addition to road bikes and mountain bikes, Orbea also has triathlon bikes in its range, as well as urban bikes and a junior division for younger cyclists. Furthermore, there are still e-bikes, with e-mountain bikes, as e-race bikes and an urban e-bike division. The Orbea road bike impresses with lightness, excellent stiffness, and also still brings the full power over the pedals to the drive. The Orbea road bike is available either with aluminum or carbon frames, with different frame heights or sizes to purchase. You can explore road bikes under $500, road bikes under $1,000, and even carbon road bikes under $2,000. The Orbea road bike is available either as Orbea Orca or Orbea Orca Aero. In terms of e-road bikes, there is the Orbea Gain road bike on offer. An aero road bike, like the Orbea Orca Aero, with among others the Orbea Orca Aero M20LTD as a sub-model, impresses not only with its optimal aerodynamics, but also still by the low weight, as well as extremely good driving power. The Orbea Orca can be purchased for example as ORCA M10iLTD PWR, Orca M30, Orca M20ILTD, Orca M20TEAM, ORCA M20TEAM PWR, as well as Orca M40. As a frameset, you can also choose the Orbea Orca Aero OMX and the Orbea Orca OMR. The Orbea Orca Aero can be compared well with the Cannondale Super Six to also have a bike from another manufacturer as an equivalent before putting together your own Orbea road bike. Personalized bikes have always been a specialty, and MyOrbea, or MyO for short, allows you to create a bike to your specifications. This can be done either with the MyO Lite version or for maximum exclusivity, the regular MyO process, from the frame size to the colors, to the components, everything designed in the smallest detail to the rider.
Orbea offers the widest possible choice in components:
The selection of components includes manufacturers such as Shimano, Fizik, Prologo, Selle Italia, Vittoria, Fulcrum, and Vision. In addition, products from Orbea's own development are also used. One often has several products for the same bike to choose from, partly at the same price and partly with a surcharge if one decides for the more high-quality components.
Groupsets
For the groupset, you rely on the quality of Shimano, with their more than 100 years of experience in components. Among other things, the Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 is used, as well as the Shimano Ultegra R8000, Shimano Ultegra Di2, Shimano 105 R7000, and the Shimano Tiagra 4700. You can rely on the precision and durability of Shimano, whether you choose the cheaper model, such as the Shimano 105, or one of the higher-quality shift groups.
Brakes
There are two different types of brakes that are mainly in use: rim brakes, which are installed on almost all older bikes, and disc brakes, which are gaining the upper hand more and more. Disc brakes have greatly improved braking performance and prove this especially in adverse weather conditions, where rim brakes can no longer develop full braking power. Brakes are often chosen to match the gear groups but can just as well be selected individually. Even with the brakes, which are often taken to match the groupset, one relies on products from Shimano.
Saddle & seatpost
In the saddle, you can partly choose different brands per bike, such as the Selle Italia SLR Boost SuperFlow L Carbon Keramic Rail, Prologo Scratch-M5 Pas T2.0, Fizik Argo Vento R5, Prologo Dimension T4.0, OC XP10 Performance Carbon, or even the Fizik Aliante R5 saddle. When it comes to the seatpost, in-house innovations are often used, such as the Orbea Orca OMX and the Orbea OC2 Carbon seatpost.
Handlebar
Handlebars and stem can be chosen either as a set, such as OC RP10 Road Performance Carbon, OC RP30 Road Performance, and OC RP20 Road Performance SL, as well as from a mixture of these components e.g., OC RP30-R Road Performance Riser handlebar with OC RP21 Road Performance ICR stem. The handlebar plus stem, in conjunction with the optimally adjusted seatpost and the correct frame height, provide a comfortable seating position that guarantees the best riding pleasure, whether in cycling or for private trips.
Wheels / rims / hubs
With the wheels and tires, you can choose between different brands and products, such as the Vision 40 SC Disc Carbon, FULCRUM Speed 40 DB Carbon, Vision 55 SC Disc Carbon, Shimano R9270 C50 Disc Carbon, and FULCRUM Racing 600, or even the Vision Trimax wheelset.
The tire selection includes, among others, the Vittoria Corsa Competition G2.0, Vittoria Corsa Control Competition G2.0, Vittoria Rubino IV G2.0 Foldable, Schwalbe ONE Perf, Vittoria Rubino Pro IV G2.0, or even the Vittoria Zafiro V Rigid Bead tire.
What alternatives does Orbea offer if I do not need a road bike?
In addition to the ideal frame height or frame size, it is still particularly important to know what should be the main field of application of the zujünftigen bike, so as not to be disappointed afterward. In addition to road bikes, Orbea has many other novelties and categories on offer. If the Orbea road bike is not the preferred bike for you, then Orbea still has the following divisions and models to choose from. The Orbea Avant is an endurance bike that gives you cycling with range, for hours of touring enjoying the outdoors without sacrificing comfort. The Orbea Avant is available among others as Orbea Avant H30-D, as Orbea Avant H40-D, as well as some other sub-variants. For those who like to be off the beaten track, on gravel roads, as well as on forest and meadow paths, the Orbea Terra is exactly the right gravel bike; Katerina Nash used her Orbea Terra as a cyclocross bike. In the mountain bikes, Orbea distinguishes between trail, cross country, or also called XC bikes, as well as enduro bikes. For the trail, you can choose between the Laufey, Onna, and the Occam models, with their sub-variants. If you want an enduro bike, the Rallo is your best bet, and cross country riders have the option between the Oiz and Alma bikes.
For triathlon, Orbea has the Orbea Ordu Triathlon bike on offer. For e-bikes, you can choose between e-race bikes, like the Orbea Gain, or e-mountain bikes, like the Orbea Rise, Orbea Wild-FS, Kerram MTB, and Urum, as well as urban e-bikes, like the Vibe, Kate-E, and Optima. If you have any further questions, the buycycle team will be happy to help you.
